20 Planner Vocabulary sentences (if not already turned in)
Tuesday, September 15
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Thought questions for paragraph's topic sentence
Why is it necessary to know about the problem of child labor?
How do you feel about this problem?
Topic Sentence for Child Labor paragraph
Homework -
Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about child labor. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
Vocabulary test on Thursday - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) and write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
Vocabulary Test - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) and write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
Thursday, September 17
Vocabulary Test
Reading and Journaling
Topic Sentence for Child Soldiers paragraph
Homework - Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about childsoldiers. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
Vocabulary Test - spelling, sentences, definitions
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Homework - Family tree filled out and signed
Friday, October 2
Family trees - place colored pin on the location in the world where the first (second, third, fourth generation was born)
Emma Lazarus, "Colossus"
poetry stanza, rhyme scheme
narrator, speaking to whom [[file/view/Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc|Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc]]
vocabulary
Paraphrasing
Homework - Paraphrase each line of "Colossus," using only your own words for each line
[[file/view/Paraphrasing New Colossus.sept09.doc|Paraphrasing New Colossus.sept09.doc]]
Week of October 5, 2009
Monday, October 5
Collect - September Reading Journals, Late "Pledge of Allegiance" paraphrasing/World Issues essays
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
Vocabulary and Paraphrasing [[file/view/Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc|Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc]]
Homework -
Write a one-sentence summary of the statue's thoughts.
Explain the hopes that Emma Lazarus' had for those who would immigrate to the United States.
Complete the analogy: The Statue of Liberty is to early immigrants as is to me (1/2-page).
Tuesday, October 6
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Planner Vocabulary list 3 - Highlight word roots and vocabulary words in planner. [[file/view/Planner Vocab Word Roots 3 oct09.doc|Planner Vocab Word Roots 3 oct09.doc]]
Capital letters
Homework -
Capital letters worksheet
Finish Vocabulary chart for Thursday
Wednesday, October 7
"Ellis Island" - 2 perspectives of freedom
Video clip - Godfather 2
Homework - Illustrate 2 halves of the poem
Thursday, October 8
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Planner Vocabulary Chart 3
Homework - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
Friday, October 9 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students
Week of October 19, 2009
Quarter Notebooks due -
Period 1 - Wednesday, October 21
Period 3 - Thursday, October 22
Period 7 - Friday, October 23
Requirements
Have all work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
All papers with holes must be on rings.
All paper without holes must be in the folder
All 1st Quarter Late Work is due by Wednesday, October 28
Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.
Monday, October 19 -
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
Homework - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1 [[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc]]
Tuesday, October 20
Take the Personal Ideology quiz [[file/view/Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc|Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc]]
Puritanism and the American Dream
Choose one of the 7 Guiding Research Questions [[file/view/Puritan research questions.doc|Puritan research questions.doc]]
LRC - research your chosen question using the online sites suggested [[file/view/Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc|Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc]]
Assignment: Take at least 1/2 page of notes that you can contribute to a chart of research findings
Homework - Complete at least 1 page of research notes
Homework - Finish pink Comparisons from "The New Colossus" and "Europe and American" (Father and Son)
Thursday, October 15
Planner Vocabulary Test 3 - Spelling/Vocabulary Test 3
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Friday, October 16
Act Timed Writing - diagnostic for essay construction, content, and editing
Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness
Week of Monday, October 19
Monday, October 19 -
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
Homework - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1 [[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc]]
Tuesday, October 20
Take the Personal Ideology quiz [[file/view/Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc|Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc]]
Puritanism and the American Dream
Choose one of the 7 Guiding Research Questions [[file/view/Puritan research questions.doc|Puritan research questions.doc]]
LRC - research your chosen question using the online sites suggested [[file/view/Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc|Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc]]
Assignment: Take at least 1/2 page of notes that you can contribute to a chart of research findings
Homework - Complete at least 1 page of research notes
Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness
NOTE NEW DUE DATES - Quarter Notebooks due -
Period 1 - Tuesday, October 27
Period 3 - Wednesday, October 28
Period 7 - Thursday, October 29
Requirements
Have all work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
All papers with holes must be on rings.
All paper without holes must be in the folder
Quarter Planners due - Tuesday, October 27
All 1st Quarter Late Work due by Wednesday, October 28
Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.
Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
Homework -
Spelling test (rule + words on worksheet)
Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
Friday, October 30
Spelling test
New England Primer - What was its double use?
Student presentations of letters
Week of November 2, 2009
Monday, November 2
Overview of justice issues as topics for the research paper
Selection of base articles from newspapers and magazines - Is it fair that.......?
Homework - Fill out your index card with the following information -
Is it fair that ?
What is the issue of justice?
Who is involved?
Where is the issue occurring?
When has the issue occurred?
Tuesday, November 3
LRC for library presentation of using databases for research
Homework - Use the LRC databases to find 1-2+ articles relevant to your issue.
Wednesday, November 4
Essay focus - Issues of justice
Writers Inc - p. 307. Works Cited page in MLA format. Number each bibliographical part (1-7) of the first source listed.
On one of the articles you have found, number the bibliographical parts 1-7.
On a new word document, type your Works Cited page.
At the top of the page, center and type the title Works Cited. Skip 2 lines.
Click Format, Paragraph. In the Special window, select Hanging. In the Line Spacing window, select Double.
Reset cursor position to the left margin. Begin typing number 1 - the Last Name, First Name of the author of your source, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
On the same line, type number 2, the article title in quotation marks, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
On the same line, type number 3, the source title underlined, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
Continue in the same way with numbers 4-7. Let the computer do the automatic hanging indent.
Homework -
Complete the Works Cited entries for both of the sources you have already found.
Find the rest of your articles on the LRC databases, aiming at 5 informative sources. Short articles do not provide much information
Thursday, November 5
Overview one article - Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph. Read the topic sentence of all the other paragraphs. On the back of the article, write 2 sentences that tell what you have learned about the issue so far. Think: What is the issue about? Who is involved? Where is/was it occurring? When is/was it occurring?
Read the first article carefully, highlighting any sentence or phrase that informs you about the issue itself (not any opinions yet).
Do the same for 2 more sources: Overview, then highlight..
Homework - Complete the highlighting of the information about your issue in your 3 articles. (Remaining articles will be done on Monday).
Friday, November 6
When you have overviewed and highlighted the article, write 1-2 sentences somewhere on the prinout that summarize the article's ideas or main points.
Start a new article by numbering the bibliographical information 1-7.
Continue overviewing and highlighting details about your justice issue: What? Who? Where? When? Why? How? (no opinions yet).
Reading Minutes if you have finished all highlighting of at least 5 articles.
Homework - Finish all highlighting about your justice issue in all 5+ of your sources.
Week of Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, November 9
Look over all highlighting about the Issue to remind yourself of what to include in the upcoming brainstorming.
Brainstorm for 2 minutes. Review highlighting. Brainstorm 2 more minutes.
Folders and index cards for all research materials: articles, handouts, index cards.
Notecards = to be your reminders, too much to remember. Notecard format. Tape sample inside back cover of folder.
Notetake from one source: review paragraph content, especially highlighting. Then select significant information (highlighting and things you won't remember otherwise) about the Issue, using notecard format.
NOTE: Maximum grade for fewer than 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Homework: - Periods 1 and 3:
Notetake from all sources for Wednesday.
Homework - Period 7: Notetake from 3 sources for Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 10 - Standardized Testing (Periods 1-3) Period 7 - Reading Minutes and Journaling
Re-read Monday's brainstorming from class. Look back over highlighting. Add anything to brainstorming. Look through notecards. Add anything to brainstorming.
Homework - Notetake from rest of sources (3-5 depending on the goal you have set for yourself).
NOTE: Maximum grade for fewer than 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Wednesday, November 11 Computer Lab
Re-read Monday's brainstorming from class. Look back over highlighting. Type anything to add to brainstorming. Look through notecards. Type anything to add to brainstorming.
Type all brainstorming into the same document.
Homework - Finish your draft - at least 1 page, typed, double-spaced.
Thursday, November 12
Look over all highlighting. Add to freewriting draft. Look over all notecards. Add to freewriting draft.
Work Time - Sources, highlighting, notetaking, freewriting.
Homework - Finish freewriting draft for the Issue section of your research paper.
Friday, November 13
Read over your Issue freewriting draft. If you have any notecards whose information you have already used in your freewriting draft, put them back in your folder. You no longer need them.
Take the rest of your notecards, and number them on the back of the cards. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
On any notecards that should be cited (percentages, numbers, statistics, quotes, the author's personal ideas), write the citation on the bottom left of the card. Last name and page number. (Smith 15). or First word of the article title and page number. ("Schools" 34).
Find a spot in your freewriting draft for each card. Put its number in the draft right where you want it. If there is no specific spot yet, put the number in the margin near its general location.
Homework - Type your new Issues draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about each idea, using all of your notecards. Include the citation for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed Issue draft to turn in.
Week of Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 16
Draft of the Issue section of Research Paper due
Freewrite about what you have learned about Side One of the justice argument.
Select one of your sources.
In a color other than the one you used to highlight your Issue information, highlight any ideas and facts that are about SideOne of the argument.
Who supports Side One?
What are their opinions?
What reasons do they have for their opinions?
Highlight all facts, opinions, and reasons about Side Onein 2 more sources during class.
Homework - Finish highlighting all facts, opinions, and reasons about Side Onein all sources for Tuesday.
NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Tuesday, November 17
Look over highlighting in 2 of your sources. For one minute, write down anything you can remember about Side One:who supports Side One, what are their opinions, and what are the reasons for their opinions? Look over the highlighting in the rest of your sources. Add to your freewriting.
Computer Lab - 1. Type brainstorming for Side One. Think in cycles. 2. Type Works Cited page. 3. Begin notetaking.
Homework - Notetake from the information you highlighted about Side One. Since this is the second portion of your research paper, use II. in the upper left corner of each notecard.
Wednesday, November 18
Look over your notecards for Side One from all your sources. For 2 minutes, add anything you can remember to your Side One freewriting: who supports Side One, what are their opinions, and what are the reasons for their opinions?
Choose any source. Take notes on notecards from your Side One highlighting in all of your sources. Since this is Section 2 of your research paper, use II. in the upper right corner of each card.
Continue taking notes during class.
Add to freewriting for 2 minutes.
Homework - Finish all notetaking of Side One information in all your sources for Thursday.
NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Thursday, November 19
Look over all Side One highlighting. Add to Side One freewriting for one minute. Look over all of your notecards. Add to your freewriting for 2 minutes.
Read over your Side One freewriting draft. If you have any notecards whose information you have already used in your freewriting draft, put them back in your folder. You no longer need them.
Take the rest of your notecards, and number them on the back. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
On any notecards that should be cited (percentages, numbers, statistics, quotes, the author's personal ideas), write the citation on the bottom left of the card. Last name and page number. (Smith 15). or First word of the article title and page number. ("Schools" 34).
Find a spot in your Side One freewriting draft for each card. Put its number in the draft right where you want it. If there is no specific spot yet, put the number in the margin near its general location.
Homework - Type your new Side One draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed Side One draft to turn in.
Friday, November 20
Computer Lab -
Finish Side One draft to turn in (if not already completed for homework).
Type the Works Cited page for all sources you have used. Use the computer to do the formating for you.
Format -- Paragraph -- Hanging Indent -- Double-space.
Homework - Finish highlighting all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
Tuesday, December 1
Good and Poor Notecards
Notecards for Side 2 of your issue.
Homework - Finish all notetaking from all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
Wednesday, December 2
Freewrite about what you have learned about Side Two of your issue
Number your notecards for Side 2. Place the numbers into your freewriting where you want them to belong. If you have a notecard that belongs in a general area of your freewriting, write the card number in the margin. If you have a notecard but have no freewriting for it to fit into, write the card number at the bottom of the page.
Homework - Add to your freewriting to provide enough of your ideas and explanation to incorporate all your Side 2 notecards.
Thursday, December 3
LRC time to build cycles from your 1's and 3's.
Homework - Type your new Side Two draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed Side Two draft to turn in.
Friday, December 4
Side Two draft due
Week of Monday, December 7
Monday, December 7
Paragraph Unity - Obey Your Topic Sentence!
Paragraph Development - 2-4 cycles in each paragraph, obeying your topic sentence!
Group and reorganize cycles to make sense in each paragraph. You will end up with 3-4 paragraphs for the Issue, 3-4 paragraphs for Side One, and 3-4 paragraphs for Side 2.
Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
Hook, brief explanation of the justice issue, your view, thesis I think that...
When you have written your sentence, add a meaningful, general reason, using because... or since ...
Move the "Because..." part of the sentence to the beginning, and end with the "I think that..."
Cross out the "I think that" part, and you have a useful thesis statement. Because...., the ....
Writers Inc p. 58 - concluding paragraph with reference to hook
Homework -
Organize cycles into paragraphs (2-4 cycles in each)
Create topic sentences for new paragraphs (4-5 paragraphs in Issue section, 4-5 in Side One section, 4-5 in Side Two section
Type Intro and Conclusion paragraphs to turn in.
Tuesday, December 8
Collect Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
Transitions (Writers Inc, p. 109) - highlight transitions that you can fit into your cycles.
Blending quotes into your paragraphs using transitional phrases - acknowledge where the quote is from, who said it, when it was said to give reader a context for understanding it (rather than just dropping the quote into your cycle).
Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
Homework - Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts, revised - paragraphs and topic sentences, filled out cycles
Wednesday, December 9
Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts
Edit Sheet attention
Review IC, fanboys IC IC;DC. and other editing items on edit sheet
Spellcheck, Proofread out loud!
Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
Homework - Drafts revised and ready to edit
Thursday, December 10
Evaluation page
LRC - Typing and editing final copy
Homework - Complete Justice Research Paper, including Works Cited page
Turn in with outline, all sources, drafts, notecards in research folder
Friday, December 11
Turn in Justice Research Paper in folder
All sources and drafts in the left pocket
The final research paper and Works Cited in the right pocket
Side 1 of the 1/2 sheet - Fill out details for bullets - Information about the girls, Rev. Parris, Sarah Goode, Tituba, Rebecca Nurse, Thomas Putnam, and the victimsSalem Witch Trials.unitedstreaming wksh.dec09.doc
Side 2 - details about the WWWWWH of the Salem Witch Trials
Homework-
Write one well-developed paragraph (at least 2 complete, informative cycles) using the details and explanation on your 1/2-sheet from the video. Paragraph will be used as a diagnostic, so proofread, spellcheck, check topic sentences, add transitions, edit for punctuation, etc.
Bring binder from now on
Bring ID to check out Crucible from the bookroom
Get gradeslip signed for 5 points extra credit, if you wish
Homework - Revise paragraph to include 2 complex sentences (1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC.)
Wednesday, December 16
Contemporary Witch Hunts Joseph McCarthy - Complete 1/2-sheet Side One - on the McCarthyism videos and Japanese internment camps. Complete 1/2-sheet Side Two using the Japanese Internment Camps announcement to the Japanese-Americans in 1942.
Homework - Write paragraph (at least 2 cycles) about McCarthy and/or the Japanese internment camps (2 cycles total)
Add 1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC. Check topic sentence, transitions, spellcheck, proofread.
Thursday, December 17
Review complex sentences - DC, IC. and IC DC. No comma near a because.
Obvious contractions - ex. Marys a girls dress
Review compound sentences - IC ,fanboys IC. and IC; IC.
No 'you' in formal writing.
Homework - Add 2 compound sentences to each paragraph (1 IC ; IC. and 1 IC, fanboys IC.)
Finalize paragraphs to turn in with 3 Drafts - Paragraph 1 on Justice in Salem, Paragraph 2 on McCarthyism and/or Japanese internment camps
Double-check according to Mini-essay Evaluation slip
Friday, December 18 - Candy Cane Day!
Turn in justice paragraphs
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Opening scenes of Crucible
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Week of Monday, January 4
Monday, January 4
Crucible unit
Getting to know the characters, visualizing scenes and characters from the film viewed before Christmas Break
Yellow Character Chart showing pictures of Crucible main characters
Identify pictures of characters on side 1
Set up a 2-column, 3-row chart on side 2. In each box, write a character's name: Mr. Putnam, Rev. Parris, John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Abigail, Corey,
List characteristics of these characters in boxes as you read assigned pages
Homework -
Crucible - Read to page 20
On the yellow chart (see Monday), list 5 characteristics (not actions or descriptions) of Thomas Putnam: p. 14-15, 1 per paragraph
Tuesday, January 5
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Crucible, to page 26
Homework - Finish to page 26 for Quick Quiz on Wednesday
Wednesday, December 16
Quick Quiz - 5 questions
Crucible, to page 30
Homework - Conflicts T-chart
List at least 10 conflicts experienced by the following characters in Crucible, Act I, to page 30: Parris, Proctor, Abigail, Rebecca Nurse, Putnams
Character - With whom? About what?
Thursday, December 17
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Crucible, p. 30-36 (with no loss of credit) or Personal Reading book (for 2 points extra credit)
Worksheet of Hale Questions from paragraphs 1-7
Homework - Finish up to page 36, finish Hale questions
Friday, January 8
Crucible - Remaining pages of Act I
3-column chart: Character - Believer in Witchcraft? - Non-believer in Witchcraft?
now done in a n
Second Semester Materials Check - Friday, January 29 (20 points)
Monday, January 25
Materials List for Second Semester - Materials Check on Friday, January 29. (20 points)
Spelling Pretest - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words from Writers Inc.
Homework -
Write words missed on the Pretest - write 3 times each
Materials Check Friday
Tuesday, January 26
!st Semester gradesheets - get signed for 5 points Extra Credit
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Crucible film through Act I
Homework - Crucible reading
Materials Check Friday
Spelling Test Friday
Wednesday, January 27
Act II (Continued)
Homework - Read through p. 67. Complete the Character Study chart.
Thursday, January 28
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Practice with the Spelling Rule: Do NOT drop the silent E when you add a suffix that begins with a consonant. On the yellow shalf-sheet, find the indicated words on the Misspelled pages in Writers Inc.(Starting on page 516). Make sure you choose the words that KEEP THE SILENT E when adding the suffix starting with the consonant. Example: rudely [[file/view/Silent E - Suffix with a Consonant.doc|Silent E - Suffix with a Consonant.doc]]
Homework -
Finish Act II for a Quick Quiz.
Have all materials ready for the Materials Check (20 points) - All or nothing. Next week, late.
Spelling test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words (from Writers Inc)
Spelling Rule - Do NOT drop a silent e when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.
Friday, January 29
Spelling Test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
Quick Quiz on the end of Act II
Materials Check (20 points)
Homework -
For all of Act II - Write one sentence for each centerfold pair of pages. For example, when you open the book to pages 50-51, that is a centerfold. There are 30 pages in Act II. Each sentence should summarize the 2 centerfold pages to prove you understand what has occurred on those 2 pages, what the conflicts are, how the plot is developing, what you are learning, etc. You will end up with 15 sentences, p. 50-81.
Week of Monday, February 1
Monday, February 1
Review of Crucible Act II
Significant Moments
Homework -
Finish Significant Moments quote identification - To whom is the speaker talking? About what?
Homework - Crucible Act II Test - Study using the 15 sentences and yellow quote chart
Wednesday, February 3
Act II Test
Act III
Homework -
Read Act III, p. 83-93.
Parris speaks on 7 different pages in this assignment. For each page, tell whom Parris is speaking to and what his lines are showing us.
Get "What's Ahead in Second Semester?" Parent Page signed
Thursday, February 4
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Act III - Characterization of Parris
Homework - Read Act III, to bottom of p. 112 for a Quick Quiz.
Friday, February 5
Quick Quiz through p. 112.
Act III questions
Homework - Finish blue Handout on Questions for Act III.
Week of February 8
Monday, February 8
Collect Comprehension Questions: Act III
Review of Crucible Act III [[file/view/Act III p 97-112 worksheet.feb10.doc|Act III p 97-112 worksheet.feb10.doc]]
Attention to the Issues of Justice and Injustice
Act IV
Homework -
Read to the bottom of p. 131 for Quick Quiz.
Get grade slip signed for Extra Credit.
Tuesday, February 9
Quick Quiz through p. 131
Reading Minutes
Brainstorming - Characters who have been treated unjustly
Reasons (causes) and results (effects) of injustice.
Attention to characterization -
what a character looks like
what a character does
what a character says (and how)
what others say about the character
Homework - Read to the bottom of 137.
On the Brainstorming chart - For any 3 characters, freewrite why and how each character is being treated unjustly, using evidence through p. 137. [[file/view/Justice Essay assignment chart feb10.doc|Justice Essay assignment chart feb10.doc]]
Wednesday, February 10
Finish Crucible.
Attention - Significance of the title, character's status in the village, one's name as a seal od honor, and the issue of land and property.
Review of cycles - 1, 2 - ideas and explanations that are already in your brainstorming. 3 - For example, wrote about a specific situation that illustrates your idea. 4 - Show the relevance of the example to your idea, make some inferences from your example to show why the example is supportive.
Homework -
Read to the bottom of p. 137.
Draft 1 - Type all brainstorming ideas and details,into 3 paragraphs (one for each character) to turn in on Thursday
Thursday, February 11
Peer edit typed paragraphs to help each other - suggestions, ideas, other support.. Find quotes to support examples for each Step 3. Turn in.
Crucible film.
Homework -
Find situations and quotes to support your 6 cycles (3 paragraphs, with 2 cycles per paragraph).
Integrate and type into your previously typed paragraphs.
Draft 1 due - 3 paragraphs for 3 characters. 2 cycles per paragraph.
Friday, February 12
Add thesis at the beginning of your 2 typed paragraphs: develop a sentence using the introductory lines on the Justice Essay assignment chart (see link above).
Peer checks of 1,2,3,4 of 6 cycles.
Turn in typed Draft 1 - Thesis and 6 cycles (with support quotes).
Finish Crucible film.
Homework - Complete Draft 1 to turn in for a late grade if you have not already submitted it.
ACT quiz - Compound and Complex Sentences, Comma Splices, Run-ons
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Their Eyes - Chapter 3
Homework -
For Tuesday - Their Eyes, Chapter 3-4 - p. 21-33.
Quote worksheet for Chapter 3.
Review Chapters 1-4 for a 4-question quiz (1 question per chapter).
Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students
Week of Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday, March 1
ACT Punctuation - Agreement of Subject and Verb, Agreement of Noun and Pronoun
Singular nouns and pronouns [[file/view/ACT - Agreement.mar10.doc|ACT - Agreement.mar10.doc]]
Plural nouns and pronouns
Homework -
green Agreement worksheet (use the blue classwork page to help with the green homework worksheet)
Review Chapters 3-4. p. 21-33. [[file/view/ACT Practice - Agreement worksheet.mar10.doc|ACT Practice - Agreement worksheet.mar10.doc]]
Be ready for a 4-question quiz (one question from each chapter) after all students' questions have been answered
Tuesday, March 2
Collect Ch. 2-3 quote pages
Questions about Ch. 1-4?
Quiz on Ch. 1-4/Reading Minutes
Homework -
Gather all January and February Reading Journals to turn in
Read Chapter 5 p. 34-46
List 5 quotes in p. 34-46 that show the theme of power and control
Memorize all singular pronouns
Wednesday, March 3
ACT Review - Agreement of Subject and Verb, Agreement of Noun and Pronoun
Quickcheck for Thursday's quiz
Review last week's ACT quiz
Their Eyes discussion
Homework -
Memorize all singular pronouns
Study classnotes, 2 green, 1 blue, and 1 yellow worksheets on Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent
Review sentence patterns - IC, fanboys IC. IC;IC. IC DC. DC, IC. and all conjunctions. Review how to fix comma splices and run-on sentences.
Read Their Eyes, Chapter 5 - p. 47-50, Ch. 6, 51-62.
Thursday, March 4
ACT quiz - Review of sentence patterns and conjunctions, comma splices, run-on sentences. Agreement of subject and verb. Agreement of noun and pronoun.
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Their Eyes - Listen to Ch.6, p. 63-75.
Homework -
Their Eyes, Finish Ch. 6. (to p. 75).
Quiz on Ch. 5-6 (1 question for each of the last 3 reading assignments - Tues, Wed, Thurs)
Follow the Literary Criticism essay plan to choose one of 4 themes for essay - the Horizon, the pear tree, the mule, Janie's hair, power/voice
With partner who is doing the same theme, work together to find 10 quotes from the novel to support the symbol you have chosen. Write the page number for each quote on the gold essay planning page.
Homework - Finish finding (and highlighting) the 10 quotes from the novel, put the page numbers on the gold planning page
Wednesday, April 7
ACT Day - Highlight definitions of Fragment, Comma Splice, and Run-on Sentences in Writers Inc - p. 88 in green version, 83 in the gold version
Fragment PowerPoint - highlight handout of PPt slides as classnotes
Homework - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
Thursday, April 8
Turn in 10 Quote Cards from the novel in the envelope provided
Source information for novel and literary criticism sources - see the back of the gold planning page, card formats 2 and 3).
Distribution of manilla folders, pink and blue literary criticism articles - This will be the folder in which all pieces of your essay will be organized
Quiz - ATC Fragments
Homework - Use 3 notecards to create Source Cards for each of the 3 essay sources: novel, 2 literary criticism articles
Friday, April 9
Literary Criticism article - What is the purpose of literary criticism? How is literary criticism written?
Homework - Questions for the article
Week of Monday, April 12
Monday, April 12
Bring every day - Writers Inc, Their Eyes Were Watching God novel, index cards, highlighter, essay folder
ACT Day -
Collect Works Cited pages
Parenthetical Elements - using parentheses, commas, and dashes
Additional information
Sentence Combining
In-class Transparencies
Homework -
Gradesheets signed for Extra Credit (optional)
Parenthetical Expressions worksheet
Tuesday, April 13 [[file/view/Literary Criticism essay plan.mar10.doc|Literary Criticism essay plan.mar10.doc]]
20 minutes - begin highlighting the 2 Literary Criticism articles (Pink and Blue) as quote support for your 2 Main Points
Essay Preparation - Week 2: Literary Criticism
Essay Thesis, Topic Sentences
Homework -
Finish highlighting both Literary Criticism articles as quote support for your 2 Main Points
Write out 10 notecards with source support for both Main Points from the 2 Lit Crit articles (pink and blue). Label with B and C as the 2 source codes.
Choose any 2 cards to support Hurston's view of your Main Point I (See gold page 1 - #4).
Number them 1 and 2. Record them as the 2 cards for Main Point I on the Gold Page #4.
Homework - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
Thursday, April 15
ACT Test - Parenthetical Elements. as well as fragments, compound and complex sentences, misplaced modifiers. etc.
Body Paragraph Two - Main Point I, Literary Criticism (Pink and Blue) according to "Essay Preparation: Week 2" outline handout.
Homework - Body Paragraphs 3 and 4: Main Point II - one paragraph for Hurston (2 cycles) and 1 paragraph for the Literary Criticism (2 cycles).
Friday, April 16
Introduction and Conclusion [[file/view/Intro and Conclusion triangles.apr10.doc|Intro and Conclusion triangles.apr10.doc]]
Homework - Combine 4 body paragraphs, intro and conclusion into full essay draft for Monday
Monday, April 19
Turn in 6-paragraph draft of essay
ACT Day - Review Sentence Fragment quiz, ACT Readiness Test
Item Analysis
Colon, Introductory words and phrases, Verb tense shift
Into The Wild from Bookroom: MONDAY: 7 AM—11 AM [Periods 1 and 3]
Into The Wild from Bookroom: TUESDAY: 11 AM—3 PM [Period 7]
Homework -
Make all corrections, revisions to Essay. Turn in all components with final copy in Writing folder (see white essay plan).
On Jon Krakauer article, In one color, highlight any words or phrases that describe Christopher McCandless. In another color, highlight and words or phrases that describe the author.Essay Evaluation - Literary Criticism.apr10.doc
[Planning Ahead: Chapters 3-4 for Tuesday. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4].
Week of Monday, April 23, 2010
Monday, April 26
ACT Day: Final Review.
Homework: Into the Wild, Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4.
Tuesday, April 27
Discussion of Ch. 1-2
Homework for Monday, May 3 - Read Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4]
Wednesday, April 28 - Thursday, April 29 PSAE/ACT Testing
Friday, April 30 - Institute Day - No School for Students Monday, April 19
Annotated Bibliography due
Continue notetaking for Main Points/LRC individually if further research is needed
Homework - Finish all notecards for all main points, including from collegiate sources found in the LRC on Monday.
Week of Monday, May 3
Monday, May 3
Reflection on "Their Eyes Were Watching God" essay
Reflection on ACT Test: Grammar and Sentence Structure, ACT Essay, and Reading
strengths, weaknesses, suggestions
Into the Wild - Listen to Chapter 4
Homework - Chapter 5, p. 38-46, and Dialectical Journal (to turn in, completed through Ch. 5)
Tuesday, May 4
Reading and Journaling
Attention to Chapters 3-5
Homework - Read Chapter 6, p. 47-60
Characterization of Christopher McCandless - From Chapters 1-6, fill in the first bullet in each box with a quote that gives a specific detail about Chris's characterization (positive and negative aspects).
Wednesday, May 5
Transcendentalism handout - What is Transcendentalism?
Read p.1 and highlight significant characteristics of Transcendentalism
p. 2-3 Basic Principles, Quotes by Emerson and Thoreau
tHomework - Choose 8 of the principles or quotes on p. 2-3. Explain what each one of the 8 means to you.
Number 1-6 on looseleaf paper or the back of your Transcendentalism handout. As you watch the video, jot down 6 characteristics of transcendentalism that you recognize from our discussions.
Add numbers 7-10 to your list. Write down 4 ways that you see any of the characteristics of transcendentalism in your life now or as you would like them to be in the future.
Add numbers 11-15 to your list. From Chapter 5 of Into the Wild, find 5 quotes that show the characteristics of transcendentalism that you see in the life of Christopher McCandless. Look particularly at the italics in the chapter since they are the journals of Chris himself.
Homework - Read and fill in the dialectical journal for Chapter 7.
Friday, May 7
In- Class:
Highlights of Chapters 7-9, prologues, etc. to show that Chris was not just a kook, but there are a lot of people who feel the same callings. So is Chris so unusually crazy?
Preview of Chapters 11-12 - Christopher's dad and Chris's high school years
Listen to Chapter 10 - The process the police went through to find the identify of Chris after his body was found.
Homework -
Chapters 11-12 for Tuesday
Using chapters 5-12, fill in 2nd bullet on the Christopher McCandless Characterization worksheet
Due - 3rd bullet from Chapters 13-15 on Christopher McCandless Characterization page
Friday, May 14
Discussion Ch. 15
Listen to 16
Homework - Chapter 16 for Tuesday
Week of Monday, May 17, 2010
Notebooks/binders/folders/planners due on Friday, May 21 Monday, May 17
Vocabulary - 1 from each chapter of Into the Wild (with page number)
Homework -
Read Chapter 16 for quiz
Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence (for Weds.)
Tuesday, May 18
Chapter 16 quiz
What information about his surroundings could have helped Christopher save his own life?
Homework -
Read Chapter 17 for Thursday with handout questions
Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence
Wednesday, May 19
How do you make a definition fit smootly into a sentence? Work with the definition until you can get it to exactly replace the vocabulary word in Krakauer's sentence.
Vocabulary words and definitions onto transparencies - First, write Krakauer's sentence from Into the Wild. Then, rewrite the sentence with the definition exactly in the place of the vocabulary word.
English 3 - Past Assignments
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Week of Wednesday, August 26, 2009
- 3 Index Card questions
- Materials List -
Materials.aug09.doc- Materials Checks - Tuesday, September 1, and Thursday, September 3 (27 points)
- Suggested Independent Reading books - Immigrants to the U.S. and/or those oppressed in the U.S. or other countries
- Course Syllabus
Syllabus English 3.aug09.doc - Homework - Information page - Be ready with a one-minute explanation of "Why?" for each question (because...)
Thursday, August 27- Individual interests and values = motivations
- A "Perfect Game" - What goes into it?
- What is passion? Why is it so significant in our lives? When time stands still...
- How have you or how will you use your passions to lead you to your "perfect game?"
- Homework -
- Materials Checks for September 1 and 3
- 3 Articles - Passions and Goals
- Highlight words or phrases: What is the person's passion? What is the goal? What challenges had to be met/overcome?
Friday, August 28Week of August 31, 2009
Monday, August 31- Getting to Know Writers Inc - scavenger hunt. Label starred items with post-its.
- Review Paragraph Structure, Order of Details, Transitions
- Draft 2 - Revisions
- Homework -
- Revise structure, organization, transitions
- Type Draft 2
- Materials Check - 27 points (including Reading book)
Tuesday, September 1- Materials Check - 27 points
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Draft 2 - Editing Concerns - Capital letters, contractions, complete sentences, spellchecking, proofreading
- Homework -
- Editing practice
- Draft ready to edit
Wednesday, September 2- LRC -
- Edit "My Perfect Game"
- Peer proofreading
- Homework -
- Materials check - 27 points
- Finish - Turn in 2 drafts with Final Copy
Thursday, September 3- Turn in "My Perfect Game" - Drafts 1, 2, and Final Copy
- Materials Check - 27 points
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
Friday, September 4 - Teachers' Institute Day - No School for StudentsWeek of September 7
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day - No SchoolTuesday, September 8
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Planner Vocabulary - See Tuesdays and Fridays in your STCE planner [Test on September 17]
- Homework - Vocabulary practice
Wednesday, September 9- What is Ahead in English 3?
Common Questions about English 3TT.aug09.doc - Unit 1 - The American Dream
- American Immigrants
- Homework -
- Parent page
- Family Tree completed and signed by Friday
Thursday, September 10 [Last Day for using Late Slip for Personal Writing]- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Living in America + and -
- Emma Lazarus - "The New Colossus"
- Homework - Find synonym or definition for "Colossus" vocabulary
Friday, September 11Week of September 14, 2009
Monday, September 14- Journaling - Could this happen in the U.S.?
- The Problem of Child Labor
- "How to Buy a Child - Part 1" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4P0bSRPEbE&feature=related
- "How to Buy a Child - Part 2" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZAT209IRxI&feature=related
- "Child Workers at Risk in Dangerous Jobs" http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_5070000/newsid_5073000/5073072.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm&news=1&ms3=4&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2
- Graphic organizer for 3 videos and article
- Homework -
- Graphic Organizer for Child Labor paragraph
Child labor graphic org.doc
- Details
- Download
- 27 KB
- 20 Planner Vocabulary sentences (if not already turned in)
Tuesday, September 15- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Thought questions for paragraph's topic sentence
- Why is it necessary to know about the problem of child labor?
- How do you feel about this problem?
- Topic Sentence for Child Labor paragraph
- Homework -
- Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about child labor. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
- Vocabulary test on Thursday - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) and write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
Wednesday, September 16- Vocabulary Pitfalls for Thursday's test
- The Problem of Child Soldiers
- "Everywoman Child Soldier" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnXGV4KjEw
- Articles
- "'Ezra,' Tragic Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa"
- "Child Soldiers Briefing"
[[file/view/'Ezra,' Tragic Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa.mht|'Ezra,' Tragic Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa.mht]]
- Homework -
- Graphic organizer for Child Soldiers paragraph
Child soldiers graphic org.doc
- Details
- Download
- 28 KB
- Vocabulary Test - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) and write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
Thursday, September 17- Vocabulary Test
- Reading and Journaling
- Topic Sentence for Child Soldiers paragraph
- Homework - Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about childsoldiers. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
Friday, September 18- The One-Child Policy in China
- Video: "The High Cost of the One-Child Policy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-_06DyfRoo
- Video: "Dying Rooms" Part 1/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Uq3z7KOjM&feature=related
- Article: Uyghur Women Faces Forced Abortion"
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/forced%20abortion-11132008173803.htmlHomework - For Monday:
- Graphic Organizer for One-Child Policy
One-child Policy graphic org.doc
- Details
- Download
- 26 KB
- Re-watch previous videos, re-read previous articles, re-write either or both previous paragraphs for specific, plentiful information
Monday, September 21- World Issues Assignment page
- Check One-child Policy Charts
World+Issues+Essay+Assignment.sep09.doc - Planner Vocabulary 2 - 10 new words and word roots, definitions, and sentences
vocabWord Root2.doc - Homework -
- Complete Vocabulary 2 chart, using dictionary, thesaurus, planner
- Type One-Child Policy paragraph, using all the information on your chart
Tuesday, September 22- Turn in One-child paragraphs
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- aragraph Development - Writing in Cycles
Paragraph_Development.ppt - Homework - Reiise first 2 paragraphs (Child Labor and Child Soldiers) for all 4 parts of their cycles
Wednesday, September 23- Peer Sharing - Highlighting and doublechecking peer's draft paragraphs for 4 cycle parts
- Homework -
- Revise all 3 body paragraphs using peer observations and suggestions (to turn in)
- 20 Vocabulary sentences - Avoid 2 vocabulary pitfalls
Thursday, September 24- Collect body paragraphs
- Clarify vocabulary definitions and strategies for sentences
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Vocabulary spelling - pretest
- Homework - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
Friday, September 25Essay's Introduction and Conclusion
Week of September 28, 2009
Monday, September 28- Turn in Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
- World Issues Essay Evaluation page
- World Issues Essay - Writing Process PowerPoint
- Spelling Pretest and Checking
[[file/view/World Issues Essay ppt.sep09.ppt|World Issues Essay ppt.sep09.ppt]]
Tuesday, September 29- LRC to edit with Edit Sheet
- Homework - World Issues essay due with all components, edited
Wednesday, September 30Thursday, October 1
- Vocabulary Test - spelling, sentences, definitions
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Homework - Family tree filled out and signed
Friday, October 2Week of October 5, 2009
Monday, October 5- Collect - September Reading Journals, Late "Pledge of Allegiance" paraphrasing/World Issues essays
- "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
- Vocabulary and Paraphrasing
[[file/view/Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc|Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc]] - Homework -
- Write a one-sentence summary of the statue's thoughts.
- Explain the hopes that Emma Lazarus' had for those who would immigrate to the United States.
- Complete the analogy: The Statue of Liberty is to early immigrants as is to me (1/2-page).
Tuesday, October 6- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Planner Vocabulary list 3 - Highlight word roots and vocabulary words in planner.
[[file/view/Planner Vocab Word Roots 3 oct09.doc|Planner Vocab Word Roots 3 oct09.doc]] - Capital letters
- Homework -
- Capital letters worksheet
- Finish Vocabulary chart for Thursday
Wednesday, October 7- "Ellis Island" - 2 perspectives of freedom
- Video clip - Godfather 2
- Homework - Illustrate 2 halves of the poem
Thursday, October 8- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Planner Vocabulary Chart 3
- Homework - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
Friday, October 9 - School Improvement Day - No School for StudentsWeek of October 19, 2009
Quarter Notebooks due -
All 1st Quarter Late Work is due by Wednesday, October 28
Monday, October 19 -
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
- Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
- Homework - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1
[[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc]]
Tuesday, October 20Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day - No School
Tuesday, October 13
- World Issues Essays returned
- Personal Assessment
- Writer's Assessment (p. 1)
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
Writing Process - Writer's Assessment.oct09.doc - Homework -
- Study for Thursday's Vocabulary Test 3 - spelling, sentences, definitions
- Writer's Assessment (p. 2)
Planner Vocab Word Roots 3.oct09.doc
Wednesday, October 14- Vocabulary - Spelling practice for Vocabulary/Spelling Test
- "Europe and America" - Comparison/contrast of 1st and 2nd generation of American immigrants
- Positive and negative connotations, causes and effects
Homework -- Study for Vocabulary Test 3 - spelling, sentences, and definitions
- Finish the Writer's Assessment (p. 2)
Connections - The New Collosus, Europe and America.anna09.doc - Homework - Finish pink Comparisons from "The New Colossus" and "Europe and American" (Father and Son)
Thursday, October 15- Planner Vocabulary Test 3 - Spelling/Vocabulary Test 3
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
Friday, October 16- Act Timed Writing - diagnostic for essay construction, content, and editing
Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student IllnessWeek of Monday, October 19
Monday, October 19 -- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
- Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
- Homework - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1
[[file/view/Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc]]
Tuesday, October 20Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness
NOTE NEW DUE DATES - Quarter Notebooks due -
Quarter Planners due - Tuesday, October 27
All 1st Quarter Late Work due by Wednesday, October 28
Week of Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 26
- Research Presentations in small groups
- Presentations - Aspects of Puritanism
Puritans graphic organizerdoc.doc- notetaking on group presentations using the Puritans graphic organizer
- Homework -
- Spelling worksheet, p. 2 (Spelling test, Friday, 10/30/09)
- Period 1 Notebooks/Folders and Planners due
Tuesday, October 27- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Finish presentations
- Mnemonic devices - Spelling exceptions
- Homework -
- Complete the Spelling Worksheet, page 2
Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc - Period 3 - Notebooks/Folders due
- Planners due Thursday
Wednesday, October 28- Puritan Post-quiz (similar to the Personal Ideologies quiz
- "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - Puritan beliefs
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5213913153298679699#docid=-2231398064352123138- Education
- Theocracy
- Homework -
- Period 7 - Notebooks/Folders and Planners due
Thursday, October 29- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- New England Primer PowerPoint
- Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
- Homework -
- Spelling test (rule + words on worksheet)
- Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
Friday, October 30Week of November 2, 2009
Monday, November 2
- Overview of justice issues as topics for the research paper
- Selection of base articles from newspapers and magazines - Is it fair that.......?
- Homework - Fill out your index card with the following information -
- Is it fair that ?
- What is the issue of justice?
- Who is involved?
- Where is the issue occurring?
- When has the issue occurred?
Tuesday, November 3- LRC for library presentation of using databases for research
- Homework - Use the LRC databases to find 1-2+ articles relevant to your issue.
Wednesday, November 4- Essay focus - Issues of justice
- Writers Inc - p. 307. Works Cited page in MLA format. Number each bibliographical part (1-7) of the first source listed.
- On one of the articles you have found, number the bibliographical parts 1-7.
- On a new word document, type your Works Cited page.
- At the top of the page, center and type the title Works Cited. Skip 2 lines.
- Click Format, Paragraph. In the Special window, select Hanging. In the Line Spacing window, select Double.
- Reset cursor position to the left margin. Begin typing number 1 - the Last Name, First Name of the author of your source, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
- On the same line, type number 2, the article title in quotation marks, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
- On the same line, type number 3, the source title underlined, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
- Continue in the same way with numbers 4-7. Let the computer do the automatic hanging indent.
- Homework -
- Complete the Works Cited entries for both of the sources you have already found.
- Find the rest of your articles on the LRC databases, aiming at 5 informative sources. Short articles do not provide much information
Thursday, November 5- Overview one article - Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph. Read the topic sentence of all the other paragraphs. On the back of the article, write 2 sentences that tell what you have learned about the issue so far. Think: What is the issue about? Who is involved? Where is/was it occurring? When is/was it occurring?
- Read the first article carefully, highlighting any sentence or phrase that informs you about the issue itself (not any opinions yet).
- Do the same for 2 more sources: Overview, then highlight..
- Homework - Complete the highlighting of the information about your issue in your 3 articles. (Remaining articles will be done on Monday).
Friday, November 6Week of Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, November 9
Tuesday, November 10 - Standardized Testing (Periods 1-3)
Period 7 - Reading Minutes and Journaling
Wednesday, November 11 Computer Lab
Thursday, November 12
- Look over all highlighting. Add to freewriting draft. Look over all notecards. Add to freewriting draft.
- Work Time - Sources, highlighting, notetaking, freewriting.
- Homework - Finish freewriting draft for the Issue section of your research paper.
Friday, November 13Week of Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 16- Draft of the Issue section of Research Paper due
- Freewrite about what you have learned about Side One of the justice argument.
- Select one of your sources.
- In a color other than the one you used to highlight your Issue information, highlight any ideas and facts that are about Side One of the argument.
- Who supports Side One?
- What are their opinions?
- What reasons do they have for their opinions?
- Highlight all facts, opinions, and reasons about Side One in 2 more sources during class.
- Homework - Finish highlighting all facts, opinions, and reasons about Side Onein all sources for Tuesday.
- NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Tuesday, November 17- Look over highlighting in 2 of your sources. For one minute, write down anything you can remember about Side One: who supports Side One, what are their opinions, and what are the reasons for their opinions? Look over the highlighting in the rest of your sources. Add to your freewriting.
- Computer Lab - 1. Type brainstorming for Side One. Think in cycles. 2. Type Works Cited page. 3. Begin notetaking.
- Homework - Notetake from the information you highlighted about Side One. Since this is the second portion of your research paper, use II. in the upper left corner of each notecard.
Wednesday, November 18- Look over your notecards for Side One from all your sources. For 2 minutes, add anything you can remember to your Side One freewriting: who supports Side One, what are their opinions, and what are the reasons for their opinions?
- Choose any source. Take notes on notecards from your Side One highlighting in all of your sources. Since this is Section 2 of your research paper, use II. in the upper right corner of each card.
- Continue taking notes during class.
- Add to freewriting for 2 minutes.
- Homework - Finish all notetaking of Side One information in all your sources for Thursday.
- NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
Thursday, November 19- Look over all Side One highlighting. Add to Side One freewriting for one minute. Look over all of your notecards. Add to your freewriting for 2 minutes.
- Read over your Side One freewriting draft. If you have any notecards whose information you have already used in your freewriting draft, put them back in your folder. You no longer need them.
- Take the rest of your notecards, and number them on the back. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
- On any notecards that should be cited (percentages, numbers, statistics, quotes, the author's personal ideas), write the citation on the bottom left of the card. Last name and page number. (Smith 15). or First word of the article title and page number. ("Schools" 34).
- Find a spot in your Side One freewriting draft for each card. Put its number in the draft right where you want it. If there is no specific spot yet, put the number in the margin near its general location.
- Homework - Type your new Side One draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed Side One draft to turn in.
Friday, November 20Week of Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 30- Highlighting for Side 2
- Homework - Finish highlighting all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
Tuesday, December 1- Good and Poor Notecards
- Notecards for Side 2 of your issue.
- Homework - Finish all notetaking from all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
Wednesday, December 2- Freewrite about what you have learned about Side Two of your issue
- Number your notecards for Side 2. Place the numbers into your freewriting where you want them to belong. If you have a notecard that belongs in a general area of your freewriting, write the card number in the margin. If you have a notecard but have no freewriting for it to fit into, write the card number at the bottom of the page.
- Homework - Add to your freewriting to provide enough of your ideas and explanation to incorporate all your Side 2 notecards.
Thursday, December 3- LRC time to build cycles from your 1's and 3's.
- Homework - Type your new Side Two draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed Side Two draft to turn in.
Friday, December 4Week of Monday, December 7
Monday, December 7- Paragraph Unity - Obey Your Topic Sentence!
- Paragraph Development - 2-4 cycles in each paragraph, obeying your topic sentence!
- Group and reorganize cycles to make sense in each paragraph. You will end up with 3-4 paragraphs for the Issue, 3-4 paragraphs for Side One, and 3-4 paragraphs for Side 2.
- Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
- Hook, brief explanation of the justice issue, your view, thesis I think that...
- When you have written your sentence, add a meaningful, general reason, using because... or since ...
- Move the "Because..." part of the sentence to the beginning, and end with the "I think that..."
- Cross out the "I think that" part, and you have a useful thesis statement. Because...., the ....
- Writers Inc p. 55 - hook suggestions, sample intro paragraph's hook
- Writers Inc p. 58 - concluding paragraph with reference to hook
- Homework -
- Organize cycles into paragraphs (2-4 cycles in each)
- Create topic sentences for new paragraphs (4-5 paragraphs in Issue section, 4-5 in Side One section, 4-5 in Side Two section
- Type Intro and Conclusion paragraphs to turn in.
Tuesday, December 8- Collect Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
- Transitions (Writers Inc, p. 109) - highlight transitions that you can fit into your cycles.
- Blending quotes into your paragraphs using transitional phrases - acknowledge where the quote is from, who said it, when it was said to give reader a context for understanding it (rather than just dropping the quote into your cycle).
- Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
- Homework - Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts, revised - paragraphs and topic sentences, filled out cycles
Wednesday, December 9- Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts
- Edit Sheet attention
- Review IC, fanboys IC IC;DC. and other editing items on edit sheet
- Spellcheck, Proofread out loud!
- Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
- Homework - Drafts revised and ready to edit
Thursday, December 10- Evaluation page
- LRC - Typing and editing final copy
- Homework - Complete Justice Research Paper, including Works Cited page
- Turn in with outline, all sources, drafts, notecards in research folder
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Week of Monday, December 14
Monday, December 14- Grade slips
- Crucible unit
- Puritan Salem - 1690s
- "Salem Witch Trials" video http://mycontent.discoveryeducation.com/?productCode=US
- Username - chrisschmidt6 Password - hawkins6
- Click on My Content Click on Crucible
- Side 1 of the 1/2 sheet - Fill out details for bullets - Information about the girls, Rev. Parris, Sarah Goode, Tituba, Rebecca Nurse, Thomas Putnam, and the victims
Salem Witch Trials.unitedstreaming wksh.dec09.doc - Side 2 - details about the WWWWWH of the Salem Witch Trials
- Homework-
- Write one well-developed paragraph (at least 2 complete, informative cycles) using the details and explanation on your 1/2-sheet from the video. Paragraph will be used as a diagnostic, so proofread, spellcheck, check topic sentences, add transitions, edit for punctuation, etc.
- Bring binder from now on
- Bring ID to check out Crucible from the bookroom
- Get gradeslip signed for 5 points extra credit, if you wish
Tuesday, December 15- Homework - Revise paragraph to include 2 complex sentences (1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC.)
Wednesday, December 16- Contemporary Witch Hunts Joseph McCarthy - Complete 1/2-sheet Side One - on the McCarthyism videos and Japanese internment camps. Complete 1/2-sheet Side Two using the Japanese Internment Camps announcement to the Japanese-Americans in 1942.
- Video: "Documentary: Better Dead than Red" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07buRRJ6s4k&feature=related
- Video: "The Red Scare" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9CR37ARoY&feature=related
- Video: "The Red Scare" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CFr1Ef-5uk&feature=related
- Video: "No Sense of Decency" (Edward R. Murrow) http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/on-this-day-in-1954-senator-joseph-mccarthy-began-a-witch-hunt-of-the-u-s-army/
- Homework - Write paragraph (at least 2 cycles) about McCarthy and/or the Japanese internment camps (2 cycles total)
- Add 1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC. Check topic sentence, transitions, spellcheck, proofread.
Thursday, December 17- Review complex sentences - DC, IC. and IC DC. No comma near a because.
- Obvious contractions - ex. Marys a girls dress
- Review compound sentences - IC ,fanboys IC. and IC; IC.
- No 'you' in formal writing.
- Homework - Add 2 compound sentences to each paragraph (1 IC ; IC. and 1 IC, fanboys IC.)
- Finalize paragraphs to turn in with 3 Drafts - Paragraph 1 on Justice in Salem, Paragraph 2 on McCarthyism and/or Japanese internment camps
- Double-check according to Mini-essay Evaluation slip
Friday, December 18 - Candy Cane Day!Week of Monday, January 4
Monday, January 4- Crucible unit
- Getting to know the characters, visualizing scenes and characters from the film viewed before Christmas Break
- Yellow Character Chart showing pictures of Crucible main characters
- Identify pictures of characters on side 1
- Set up a 2-column, 3-row chart on side 2. In each box, write a character's name: Mr. Putnam, Rev. Parris, John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Abigail, Corey,
- List characteristics of these characters in boxes as you read assigned pages
- Homework -
- Crucible - Read to page 20
- On the yellow chart (see Monday), list 5 characteristics (not actions or descriptions) of Thomas Putnam: p. 14-15, 1 per paragraph
Tuesday, January 5- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible, to page 26
- Homework - Finish to page 26 for Quick Quiz on Wednesday
Wednesday, December 16- Quick Quiz - 5 questions
- Crucible, to page 30
- Homework - Conflicts T-chart
- List at least 10 conflicts experienced by the following characters in Crucible, Act I, to page 30: Parris, Proctor, Abigail, Rebecca Nurse, Putnams
- Character - With whom? About what?
Thursday, December 17- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible, p. 30-36 (with no loss of credit) or Personal Reading book (for 2 points extra credit)
- Worksheet of Hale Questions from paragraphs 1-7
- Homework - Finish up to page 36, finish Hale questions
Friday, January 8now done in a n
Second Semester Materials Check - Friday, January 29 (20 points)
Monday, January 25
- Materials List for Second Semester - Materials Check on Friday, January 29. (20 points)
- Spelling Pretest - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words from Writers Inc.
- Homework -
- Write words missed on the Pretest - write 3 times each
- Materials Check Friday
Tuesday, January 26- !st Semester gradesheets - get signed for 5 points Extra Credit
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible film through Act I
- Homework - Crucible reading
- Materials Check Friday
- Spelling Test Friday
Wednesday, January 27- Act II (Continued)
- Homework - Read through p. 67. Complete the Character Study chart.
Thursday, January 28- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Practice with the Spelling Rule: Do NOT drop the silent E when you add a suffix that begins with a consonant. On the yellow shalf-sheet, find the indicated words on the Misspelled pages in Writers Inc.(Starting on page 516). Make sure you choose the words that KEEP THE SILENT E when adding the suffix starting with the consonant. Example: rudely
[[file/view/Silent E - Suffix with a Consonant.doc|Silent E - Suffix with a Consonant.doc]] - Homework -
- Finish Act II for a Quick Quiz.
- Have all materials ready for the Materials Check (20 points) - All or nothing. Next week, late.
- Spelling test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words (from Writers Inc)
- Spelling Rule - Do NOT drop a silent e when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.
Friday, January 29Week of Monday, February 1
Monday, February 1
- Review of Crucible Act II
- Significant Moments
- Homework -
- Finish Significant Moments quote identification - To whom is the speaker talking? About what?
- Test Weds. Act II - Use 15 centerfold summary sentences, Significant Moments chart
Significant Moments in Act II (quotes) jan10.doc
Tuesday, February 2- Reading Minutes and Journaling - Acts II-III
- Questions - Comprehension?
- Homework - Crucible Act II Test - Study using the 15 sentences and yellow quote chart
Wednesday, February 3- Act II Test
- Act III
- Homework -
- Read Act III, p. 83-93.
- Parris speaks on 7 different pages in this assignment. For each page, tell whom Parris is speaking to and what his lines are showing us.
- Get "What's Ahead in Second Semester?" Parent Page signed
Thursday, February 4- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Act III - Characterization of Parris
- Homework - Read Act III, to bottom of p. 112 for a Quick Quiz.
Friday, February 5Week of February 8
Monday, February 8Tuesday, February 9
Wednesday, February 10
Thursday, February 11
Friday, February 12
Monday, February 15 - Presidents' Day - No School
Tuesday, February 16
Wednesday, February 17
Thursday, February 18
Friday, February 19
Week of Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 22
Tuesday, February 23
Wednesday, February 24
Thursday, February 25
Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students
Week of Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday, March 1
Tuesday, March 2
- Collect Ch. 2-3 quote pages
- Questions about Ch. 1-4?
- Quiz on Ch. 1-4/Reading Minutes
- Homework -
- Gather all January and February Reading Journals to turn in
- Read Chapter 5 p. 34-46
- List 5 quotes in p. 34-46 that show the theme of power and control
- Memorize all singular pronouns
Wednesday, March 3Thursday, March 4
Friday, March 5
Monday, March 8
Tuesday, March 9
- Ch. 7-9, Metaphor worksheet questions
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
Metaphors in Ch. 7-9.mar10.doc - Homework -
- Read Chapter 10-11, p. 94-109 for Quick Quiz
- Find 5 examples of how or when Tea Cake is courting Janie (page number and example)
Wednesday, March 10Thursday, March 11
Friday, March 12
Notebooks due on Thursday, March 18 - No loose papers! All notes, handouts, homework, quizzes, etc. that we have done this semester.
Planners due on Wednesday, March 17 - All assignments, even when absent!
Monday, March 15- Modifiers for Nouns (adjectives) and Verbs (adverbs)
- Cut and paste to reassemble sentences
- Homework -
- Their Eyes, Ch. 15-17, p. 136-153
- Misplaced Modifier worksheet
Tuesday, March 16- Foreshadowing the climax in Chapter 18
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Read assigned chapter for Wednesday or start Foreshadowing worksheet
- Read your own book - extra credit
- Listen to Chapter 18
- Homework -
[[file/view/Chapters 14-18 foreshadowing wksh.mar10.doc|Chapters 14-18 foreshadowing wksh.mar10.doc]]- Continue Foreshadowing Worksheeet
- Read Chapter 18 - p. 154-167
Wednesday, March 17- Chapter 15-17 questions?
- Listen to Their Eyes, Chapter 18
- Homework -
- Finish Chapter 19, p. 168-179
Thursday, March 18Friday, March 19
Monday, March 22
- ACT Day - What does it mean to be "college-ready?"
- college writing expectations http://elgin.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty_and_Staff/ECC_Initiatives/College_Readiness/Documents/Meetings/Writing_Committee/ECC-College-Ready-Writing-Student.pdf
- ECC Writing Expectations
- Verb tense shift
- Homework -
- Verb tenses
- Study for Their Eyes Were Watching God test
- short answers - 1 from each chapter
- quote identification - who said it, what he or she was talking about
- 2 short essays - based on the 4 focus themes: Janie's hair, pear tree, mule, power and control
Tuesday, March 23- Their Eyes Were Watching God test
- Reading Minutes
Wednesday, March 24- ACT Practice
- Film
- Homework -
- ACT quiz
Thursday, March 25Friday, March 26
Monday, April 5
- Bring each day - Writers Inc, Their Eyes Were Watching God novel, index cards, highlighter
Tuesday, April 6
Literary Criticism essay plan.mar10.docGo over Their Eyes Were Watching God test - attention to potential scenes and quotes for essay- Follow the Literary Criticism essay plan to choose one of 4 themes for essay - the Horizon, the pear tree, the mule, Janie's hair, power/voice
- With partner who is doing the same theme, work together to find 10 quotes from the novel to support the symbol you have chosen. Write the page number for each quote on the gold essay planning page.
- Homework - Finish finding (and highlighting) the 10 quotes from the novel, put the page numbers on the gold planning page
Wednesday, April 7- ACT Day - Highlight definitions of Fragment, Comma Splice, and Run-on Sentences in Writers Inc - p. 88 in green version, 83 in the gold version
- Fragment PowerPoint - highlight handout of PPt slides as classnotes
Fragments.pptadapted.mar10.ppt- Homework - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
Thursday, April 8- Turn in 10 Quote Cards from the novel in the envelope provided
- Source information for novel and literary criticism sources - see the back of the gold planning page, card formats 2 and 3).
- Distribution of manilla folders, pink and blue literary criticism articles - This will be the folder in which all pieces of your essay will be organized
- Quiz - ATC Fragments
- Homework - Use 3 notecards to create Source Cards for each of the 3 essay sources: novel, 2 literary criticism articles
Friday, April 9Week of Monday, April 12
Monday, April 12
- Bring every day - Writers Inc, Their Eyes Were Watching God novel, index cards, highlighter, essay folder
- ACT Day -
- Collect Works Cited pages
- Parenthetical Elements - using parentheses, commas, and dashes
- Additional information
- Sentence Combining
- In-class Transparencies
- Homework -
- Gradesheets signed for Extra Credit (optional)
- Parenthetical Expressions worksheet
Tuesday, April 13- 20 minutes - begin highlighting the 2 Literary Criticism articles (Pink and Blue) as quote support for your 2 Main Points
- Essay Preparation - Week 2: Literary Criticism
- Essay Thesis, Topic Sentences
- Homework -
- Finish highlighting both Literary Criticism articles as quote support for your 2 Main Points
- Write out 10 notecards with source support for both Main Points from the 2 Lit Crit articles (pink and blue). Label with B and C as the 2 source codes.
Wednesday, April 14- Notecard selection for gold page
- Divide all 20 quote cards into 2 piles: I and II
- Choose any 2 cards to support Hurston's view of your Main Point I (See gold page 1 - #4).
- Number them 1 and 2. Record them as the 2 cards for Main Point I on the Gold Page #4.
- Homework - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
Thursday, April 15- ACT Test - Parenthetical Elements. as well as fragments, compound and complex sentences, misplaced modifiers. etc.
- Body Paragraph Two - Main Point I, Literary Criticism (Pink and Blue) according to "Essay Preparation: Week 2" outline handout.
- Homework - Body Paragraphs 3 and 4: Main Point II - one paragraph for Hurston (2 cycles) and 1 paragraph for the Literary Criticism (2 cycles).
Friday, April 16- Introduction and Conclusion
[[file/view/Intro and Conclusion triangles.apr10.doc|Intro and Conclusion triangles.apr10.doc]] - Homework - Combine 4 body paragraphs, intro and conclusion into full essay draft for Monday
Monday, April 19- Turn in 6-paragraph draft of essay
- ACT Day - Review Sentence Fragment quiz, ACT Readiness Test
- Item Analysis
- Colon, Introductory words and phrases, Verb tense shift
- Into The Wild from Bookroom: MONDAY: 7 AM—11 AM [Periods 1 and 3]
- Homework - Worksheet on the above ACT rules
Colon, Intro wds and phrases, verb tense shifts.apr10.doc- Have an electronic copy of 6-paragraph draft available for editing
Tuesday, April 20- Edit Sheet
Edit sheet Lit Crit Essay (TT).apr10.doc - Computer edit draft of essay
- Into The Wild from Bookroom: TUESDAY: 11 AM—3 PM [Period 7]
- Homework -
- Make all corrections, revisions to Essay. Turn in all components with final copy in Writing folder (see white essay plan).
- On Jon Krakauer article, In one color, highlight any words or phrases that describe Christopher McCandless. In another color, highlight and words or phrases that describe the author.
Essay Evaluation - Literary Criticism.apr10.doc - http://outside.away.com/disc/guest/krakauer/bookintro.html
Wednesday, April 21Thursday, April 22 - For all Into the Wild assignments, follow the ple bookmark you received in class.
- ACT test on colons, etc
- Prelude to Into the Wild
- Homework - Using the Reviews and Letters in the Jon Krauker article, do the Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild worksheet.
Friday, April 23Week of Monday, April 23, 2010
Monday, April 26- ACT Day: Final Review.
- Homework: Into the Wild, Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4.
Tuesday, April 27- Discussion of Ch. 1-2
- Homework for Monday, May 3 - Read Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4]
Wednesday, April 28 - Thursday, April 29 PSAE/ACT TestingFriday, April 30 - Institute Day - No School for Students
Monday, April 19
Week of Monday, May 3
Monday, May 3- Reflection on "Their Eyes Were Watching God" essay
- Reflection on ACT Test: Grammar and Sentence Structure, ACT Essay, and Reading
- strengths, weaknesses, suggestions
- Into the Wild - Listen to Chapter 4
- Homework - Chapter 5, p. 38-46, and Dialectical Journal (to turn in, completed through Ch. 5)
Tuesday, May 4- Reading and Journaling
- Attention to Chapters 3-5
- Homework - Read Chapter 6, p. 47-60
- Characterization of Christopher McCandless - From Chapters 1-6, fill in the first bullet in each box with a quote that gives a specific detail about Chris's characterization (positive and negative aspects).
Wednesday, May 5- Transcendentalism handout - What is Transcendentalism?
- Read p.1 and highlight significant characteristics of Transcendentalism
- p. 2-3 Basic Principles, Quotes by Emerson and Thoreau
- tHomework - Choose 8 of the principles or quotes on p. 2-3. Explain what each one of the 8 means to you.
Thursday, May 6- Video - Great Books: Walden
- http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=f455929f-6f65-45c0-8e75-52dfa595efd8&productcode=US&CFID=8312073&CFTOKEN=21145943
- Number 1-6 on looseleaf paper or the back of your Transcendentalism handout. As you watch the video, jot down 6 characteristics of transcendentalism that you recognize from our discussions.
- Add numbers 7-10 to your list. Write down 4 ways that you see any of the characteristics of transcendentalism in your life now or as you would like them to be in the future.
- Add numbers 11-15 to your list. From Chapter 5 of Into the Wild, find 5 quotes that show the characteristics of transcendentalism that you see in the life of Christopher McCandless. Look particularly at the italics in the chapter since they are the journals of Chris himself.
- Homework - Read and fill in the dialectical journal for Chapter 7.
Friday, May 7- In- Class:
- Highlights of Chapters 7-9, prologues, etc. to show that Chris was not just a kook, but there are a lot of people who feel the same callings. So is Chris so unusually crazy?
- Preview of Chapters 11-12 - Christopher's dad and Chris's high school years
- Listen to Chapter 10 - The process the police went through to find the identify of Chris after his body was found.
- Homework -
- Chapters 11-12 for Tuesday
- Using chapters 5-12, fill in 2nd bullet on the Christopher McCandless Characterization worksheet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNbvIplvVQ&feature=related Bruce SpringsteenWeek of Monday, May 10
Monday, May 10- Return Dialectical Journals for Chapters 1-7, complete Chapter 10 from Friday's in-class listening
- New Dialectical Journal for Ch. 11-Epilogue
- Illustrious Review 1st half of the book - Chapters 1-7, 10
- Report out
- Homework - Chapter 11-12 for Tuesday
Tuesday, May 11- Finish and report out - Illustrious Review of Ch. 1-7, 10
- In-class writing quiz - Ch. 11-12
- Homework - Read Chapter 13-14 for Thursday
Wednesday, May 12- Literary Terms - Use Writers Inc to find definitions for terms on worksheet
Literary Terms chart may10.doc - Relevance to Chapers 14-15
- Homework -
- Chapters 13-14 for 6-question quiz
Thursday, May 13- Ch. 13-14 quiz
- Chapter 14-15 PowerPoint - Krakauer's insights
Ch._14-15[1].ppt - Homework -
- Chapter 15 for Friday - visualize it
- Due - 3rd bullet from Chapters 13-15 on Christopher McCandless Characterization page
Friday, May 14Week of Monday, May 17, 2010
Notebooks/binders/folders/planners due on Friday, May 21Monday, May 17
- Vocabulary - 1 from each chapter of Into the Wild (with page number)
- Homework -
- Read Chapter 16 for quiz
- Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence (for Weds.)
Tuesday, May 18- Chapter 16 quiz
- What information about his surroundings could have helped Christopher save his own life?
- Homework -
- Read Chapter 17 for Thursday with handout questions
- Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence
Wednesday, May 19- How do you make a definition fit smootly into a sentence? Work with the definition until you can get it to exactly replace the vocabulary word in Krakauer's sentence.
- Vocabulary words and definitions onto transparencies - First, write Krakauer's sentence from Into the Wild. Then, rewrite the sentence with the definition exactly in the place of the vocabulary word.
- Share: 15 vocabulary words and definitions
Word Bank Into the Wild.may10.doc - Homework -
- Read Chapter 17 (with handbook questions) for Thursday
- Quiz on 15 vocabulary words: definitions and fill-in-the-blank using context clues.
Thursday, May 20- Finish vocabulary transparencies
- Listen to Chapter 18
- Homework -
- Finish Chapter 18 for Friday
- Finish Dialectical Journal through Chapter 18 (Epilogue to be done in class on Friday).
- Vocabulary quiz - 15 words - definitions, sentences
- Notebooks/folders/binders/planners due
Friday, May 21